BlackRock Withdraws from Net-Zero Climate Initiative
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, withdrew from the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, following several Wall Street banks' departures from similar climate alliances; while some claim this won't alter investment practices, others see it as weakening climate investment pressure.
BlackRock Withdraws from Net-Zero Climate Initiative
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, withdrew from the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, following several Wall Street banks' departures from similar climate alliances; while some claim this won't alter investment practices, others see it as weakening climate investment pressure.
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40% Bias Score
Mayotte Faces New Storm After Cyclone Chido
Mayotte is under a red alert for Tropical Storm Dikeledi, anticipated to pass within 75-110 kilometers of its southern coast Saturday night, posing significant flood and mudslide risks to an island still recovering from Cyclone Chido's destruction of homes and displacement of 15,000 people.
Mayotte Faces New Storm After Cyclone Chido
Mayotte is under a red alert for Tropical Storm Dikeledi, anticipated to pass within 75-110 kilometers of its southern coast Saturday night, posing significant flood and mudslide risks to an island still recovering from Cyclone Chido's destruction of homes and displacement of 15,000 people.
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24% Bias Score
German Greens Shift Climate Campaign Strategy Ahead of 2025 Election
The German Green Party is launching its 2025 election campaign in Lübeck, focusing on win-win climate policies to attract both core and swing voters. This strategy, however, is met with internal dissent over its ambition level.
German Greens Shift Climate Campaign Strategy Ahead of 2025 Election
The German Green Party is launching its 2025 election campaign in Lübeck, focusing on win-win climate policies to attract both core and swing voters. This strategy, however, is met with internal dissent over its ambition level.
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48% Bias Score
Uneven Uptake of Balcony Solar Panel Subsidies in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's €10 million subsidy program for balcony solar panels saw 6000 homeowner applications in summer 2023, exhausting their allocation, while only around 3000 renter applications were received by the end of 2024, leaving €4.5 million unspent; the funds will be reallocated to clima...
Uneven Uptake of Balcony Solar Panel Subsidies in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's €10 million subsidy program for balcony solar panels saw 6000 homeowner applications in summer 2023, exhausting their allocation, while only around 3000 renter applications were received by the end of 2024, leaving €4.5 million unspent; the funds will be reallocated to clima...
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36% Bias Score
2024: Hottest Year on Record, Exceeding 1.5-Degree Warming Limit
2024 is officially confirmed as the hottest year on record, exceeding the 1.5-degree warming limit of the Paris Agreement, causing widespread extreme weather events such as deadly hurricanes and catastrophic floods; the primary cause is human-induced climate change, worsened by El Niño, while other ...
2024: Hottest Year on Record, Exceeding 1.5-Degree Warming Limit
2024 is officially confirmed as the hottest year on record, exceeding the 1.5-degree warming limit of the Paris Agreement, causing widespread extreme weather events such as deadly hurricanes and catastrophic floods; the primary cause is human-induced climate change, worsened by El Niño, while other ...
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28% Bias Score
2024: Hottest Year on Record Exacerbates Climate Change Concerns
The Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed 2024 as the hottest year on record, with a 1.6-degree Celsius increase above pre-industrial levels, causing intensified extreme weather events globally and raising concerns about exceeding the Paris Agreement's 1.5-degree limit despite the agreement's ...
2024: Hottest Year on Record Exacerbates Climate Change Concerns
The Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed 2024 as the hottest year on record, with a 1.6-degree Celsius increase above pre-industrial levels, causing intensified extreme weather events globally and raising concerns about exceeding the Paris Agreement's 1.5-degree limit despite the agreement's ...
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40% Bias Score
New York's \$75 Billion Climate Change Assessment Faces Legal Challenges
New York State's \$75 billion climate change assessment on oil companies, payable over 24 years, faces multiple constitutional challenges regarding retroactivity, extraterritorial reach, and due process, potentially impacting future state-level climate initiatives.
New York's \$75 Billion Climate Change Assessment Faces Legal Challenges
New York State's \$75 billion climate change assessment on oil companies, payable over 24 years, faces multiple constitutional challenges regarding retroactivity, extraterritorial reach, and due process, potentially impacting future state-level climate initiatives.
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56% Bias Score
Report Urges Public Control of North Sea Oil and Gas to Avoid Industry Collapse
A Common Wealth report warns of a potential collapse of the North Sea oil and gas industry under private ownership, urging increased state control for a just transition and to avoid a \$10.8 billion decommissioning bill for taxpayers; the report projects that current reserves will be exhausted in un...
Report Urges Public Control of North Sea Oil and Gas to Avoid Industry Collapse
A Common Wealth report warns of a potential collapse of the North Sea oil and gas industry under private ownership, urging increased state control for a just transition and to avoid a \$10.8 billion decommissioning bill for taxpayers; the report projects that current reserves will be exhausted in un...
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52% Bias Score
Australia Faces Severe Storms and Heatwave
Severe thunderstorms and flash flooding are expected in Queensland and New South Wales this weekend, while other parts of Australia will experience a severe heatwave with temperatures reaching the high 30s and low 40s; the Australian Open may face some weather disruption on Sunday.
Australia Faces Severe Storms and Heatwave
Severe thunderstorms and flash flooding are expected in Queensland and New South Wales this weekend, while other parts of Australia will experience a severe heatwave with temperatures reaching the high 30s and low 40s; the Australian Open may face some weather disruption on Sunday.
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36% Bias Score
2024: Warmest Year on Record Exceeds Paris Agreement Threshold
2024 marked the warmest year on record, exceeding the 1.5°C threshold of the Paris Agreement by 1.6°C above pre-industrial levels, leading to increased extreme weather events globally, primarily caused by human-induced greenhouse gas emissions exacerbated by El Niño.
2024: Warmest Year on Record Exceeds Paris Agreement Threshold
2024 marked the warmest year on record, exceeding the 1.5°C threshold of the Paris Agreement by 1.6°C above pre-industrial levels, leading to increased extreme weather events globally, primarily caused by human-induced greenhouse gas emissions exacerbated by El Niño.
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40% Bias Score
Los Angeles Wildfires: 10 Dead, 10,000+ Structures Destroyed
Ten deaths and over 10,000 destroyed structures resulted from five wildfires in Los Angeles, fueled by hurricane-force winds and record global temperatures; the federal government will fully fund firefighting costs for 180 days.
Los Angeles Wildfires: 10 Dead, 10,000+ Structures Destroyed
Ten deaths and over 10,000 destroyed structures resulted from five wildfires in Los Angeles, fueled by hurricane-force winds and record global temperatures; the federal government will fully fund firefighting costs for 180 days.
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36% Bias Score
2024: Hottest Year on Record Breaches Paris Agreement Limit
2024 is officially the hottest year on record, exceeding the 1.5-degree limit set by the Paris Agreement and resulting in extreme weather events worldwide, including hurricanes, floods, and droughts, due to human-caused climate change exacerbated by El Niño and other contributing factors.
2024: Hottest Year on Record Breaches Paris Agreement Limit
2024 is officially the hottest year on record, exceeding the 1.5-degree limit set by the Paris Agreement and resulting in extreme weather events worldwide, including hurricanes, floods, and droughts, due to human-caused climate change exacerbated by El Niño and other contributing factors.
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28% Bias Score